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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Out of mind, when out of view.
Out of mind, when out of view.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
